Reeh 15:20 · unit 5

TT #353 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:20

The Complete Passuk

לִפְנֵי֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ תֹאכְלֶ֙נּוּ֙ שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה אַתָּ֖ה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃

Before Hashem your God you shall eat it year by year in the place that Hashem will choose, you and your household.

Chabad.org — 15:20

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bekhoros.

Sefaria — Bekhoros

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה – אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר מָמָל, נוֹלְדוּ לוֹ שְׁנֵי טְלָאִים, אֶחָד בְּט"וּ שֶׁל אֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן וְאֶחָד בְּאַחַר שֶׁל אֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי, זֶה שֶׁנּוֹלַד בַּאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִגִּיעַ יוֹם אֶחָד בַּאֲדָר שֶׁל שָׁנָה הַבָּאָה עָלְתָה לוֹ שָׁנָה, וְזֶה שֶׁנּוֹלַד בְּט"וּ שֶׁל אֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן לֹא עָלְתָה לוֹ שָׁנָה עַד ט"וּ שֶׁל אֲדָר מִשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה.

English: "Year by year" — Rabbi Abba bar Memel said: If two lambs were born to him, one on the 15th of the first Adar and one on the last day of the second Adar, the one born in the second Adar completes its year as soon as one day of Adar of the following year arrives, while the one born on the 15th of the first Adar does not complete its year until the 15th of Adar of the following year.

On the daf / in context: The intercalated month affects the reckoning of a firstborn’s year in the same manner as the year of a house in a walled city.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bekhoros) — the effect of an intercalated Adar on a firstborn’s year.

What Is Learned

An intercalated Adar causes the year of a firstborn born early in the first Adar to be longer than that of a firstborn born at the end of the second Adar.